It is pot possible to install node packages globally (EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules')

[vitaliy-guliy]

Describe the bug

I am not able to install node package globally because of permission denied (see the screenshot). It is reproducible on both dogfooding and sandbox instances.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create any node-based workspace
2. Open a terminal and install the package

npm install -g vsce

Expected behavior

The package must be installed.

Runtime

OpenShift

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Installation method

other (please specify in additional context)

Environment

Dev Sandbox (workspaces.openshift.com)

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Additional context

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[AObuchow]

@vitaliy-guliy this seems to be a duplicate of https://github.com/eclipse-che/che/issues/21742

Is this issue a new priority? What is the use case -- for multi-project workspaces? This should be fixable by the suggestions left in https://github.com/eclipse-che/che/issues/21742, but we should decide whether we want the global node modules to persist or be ephemeral.

Let's perhaps close this issue in favour of https://github.com/eclipse-che/che/issues/21742 and continue the discussion there.

[ibuziuk]

Closing in favour of https://github.com/eclipse-che/che/issues/21742